Month of Photography Bratislava

In November, many places in Bratislava will become the home of photographs for whole month. Founded in 1991, the Month of Photography festival is the longest running domestic and internationally renowned festival in Slovakia and every year brings great photography projects that reflect the current events in the world.

The 36th annual Month of Photography 2026 in Bratislava is dedicated primarily to the 200th anniversary of the birth of photography—specifically, the invention of the heliograph, created in 1826–1827 by the French inventor Nicéphore Niépce.

However, the festival also features other significant thematic areas:

📸 200 Years of Photography – Old Techniques in Contemporary Art: These exhibitions show how contemporary photographers are using historical 19th-century photographic techniques.

🇬🇧 BRIT-ISH – Five Exhibitions, Five Perspectives: British photography ranging from Don McCullin’s war reporting to the artistic and street photography of contemporary artists.

🇮🇹 The Mafia Through Letizia Battaglia’s Lens: The exhibition *Humanity in the Shadow of the Cosa Nostra* documents life in Sicily, Mafia violence, and social events in Palermo.

🎨 Double Delight—Two Poles of the Image: An exhibition featuring nearly 100 Slovak and Czech artists explores the connection between photography and painting.

🌍 Slovak and World Photography: The festival showcases prominent photographers from Slovakia, Central and Eastern Europe, and other countries.

📸 Month of Photography 2026 – Exhibition Program

Tomáš Leňo – The Demolition of Josef Sudek’s Studio
Miro Švolík – Touch
Various Artists – Double Delight: The Two Poles of the Image
Cristina de Middel – Gentlemen’s Club
Josef Sudek – Josef Sudek (1896–1976)
Julia Fullerton-Batten – The Construction of the Past
Letizia Battaglia – Humanity in the Shadow of the Cosa Nostra
Magdaléna Robinsonová – Magdaléna Robinsonová
Maks Skrzeczkowski – I Love You, Poland!
Anna Breit – Most of Me
Various Artists – What Men Dream About
Sanne de Wilde – The Island of the Colorblind
Vladimír Židlický – Memory
John Demos – Panigiria
Various Artists – Through the Lens of Jindřich Štreit
Ivo Dančev – Ghosts
Various Authors – Loners
Sissa Michelli – Scenarios for Peace
Cig Harvey – You Are Both an Orchestra and a Bomb
Enikő Gábor – Hidden Fields

Central European House of Photography 2005–2025

Josh Edgoose – Swinging London
Andrej Balco – Sun-Weary
Jozef Sedlák – Things in a Hidden Image
Peter Dench – The Ruling Class
Roman Vondrouš – Behind the Scenes at the Races
Karol Kállay – Zdenka
Roman Vondrouš – Hot Dance Floors
Don McCullin – Life, Death, and Everything in Between

Exhibitions Abroad:

Ivan Kováč – People Like Truth (Budapest)
Dušan Kochol – Postcards from Cacti Falls (Vienna)

All other exhibitions and the accompanying programme can be found on the official website monthofphotography.eu.

Location: Galleries and cultural spaces in Bratislava, with exhibitions also in Vienna and Budapest
Date: November 2 – 30, 2026
Start: 10:00 a.m.
Admission: 7 – 19 €

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